Dana Linnet
Contributor
Dana Linnet is president and CEO of The Summit Group DC, an independent strategic advisory consultancy in Washington, D.C. specializing in defense, space and emerging technologies. She formerly held positions as a career U.S government official and contracting officer, defense executive and VP/GM for a Silicon Valley tech startup. The views expressed in the article are solely those of the author and do not reflect the views of the U.S. Government or any employer, company, client or investor.
The TechCrunch Global Affairs Project examines the increasingly intertwined relationship between the tech sector and global politics.
Much has been written in this space about the Defense Department’s efforts to tap Silicon Valley’s innovation — and the steep hill tech firms have to climb to ultimately win DOD contracts and cross the “Valley of Death.” The good news is that the U.S. government has heard Silicon Valley’s pleas to cut bureaucracy and foster new ways of doing business and is taking action.
The Critical 4Cs
Over …
